Up-cycle, or reprocess waste materials, into colorful tie-dye clothing or banners with an activity that uses fruits and vegetable juices as dye sources.

It's easy to spot a scheming character out on the street, but spotting scams in the financial world takes some know how. Youngsters learn about common scams and schemes that plague the financial world. After scams, schemes, and fraud are...

Dig deeper into the financial crisis of 2008 in the United States and actions taken by the federal government, including the bailouts and purchase of institutions as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to bolster financial market conditions.

Looking for a way to assess pupils' personal financial literacy? A 100-question, multiple-choice exam provides a good understanding of what class members already know and need to know about personal finance. 

Students participate in a simulation in which the aim is for the tortoise to catch up with the hare or vice versa. Moves are decided by throwing two dice. Adding together the numbers on the two dice tells you which animal moves one...

In this economics practice activity, students respond to 20 questions where they calculate new equilibrium points and label diagrams.

Students investigate the use of math in everyday life. They investigate several occupations and pay scales. They complete spreadsheets that show how monthly bills can be organized using technology. They use word processing software to...

Students list all the outcomes for single events, and for two successive events in a systematic way. When dealing with a combination of two experiments, they identify all the outcomes, using diagrammatic, tabular or other forms of...

High schoolers participate in a lesson of figuring interest. This is done in order to strengthen number calculation skills while computing the interest when buying different things. This done in conjunction with using credit to make...

Students explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson plan, students discuss what it means to buy items using credit. Students discuss how interest accrues and how much is really being paid with a credit card. Students calculate...

Students examine various agriculture careers, both direct and indirect, related to crop production and distribution. In this food production lesson, students role play the processing chain in which crops move from producer to processor...

Learners compare and contrast bull and bear markets. In this stock market lesson, students visit the noted Web sites to study supply and demand, the stock exchange, and financial scandals.

Students examine the state of the British housing market. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to study Gordon Brown's plan for eco-towns, how to borrow money to buy homes, and what the home prices are in...

In this economics worksheet, students respond to 27 fill and the blank and multiple choice questions about market supply and demand as well as equilibrium prices.

Students explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Students graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.

Learners explore the concept of managing money. In this managing money instructional activity, students discuss how to write checks and keep an accurate check registry. Learners discuss the importance and uses of debit cards and deposit...

Using this interactive lesson, you'll calculate compound interest and compare interest rates. In addition to learning about interest, you will also be learning about taking out a mortgage on a home. Three activities with questions...

The BBC graphically depicts the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis and provides information on the rise of the mortgage bond market and the housing price crash.

This lesson analyzes the costs and benefits of homeownership and asks the student to describe the factors that affect affordability, use cost-benefit analysis and knowledge of home-buying procedures to reduce the costs, analyze the...

Many young people choose to buy their own homes, rather than rent them. Most will have to take out a home mortgage in order to fulfill this dream. If they plan to buy a home in the future, they will need to think about: How much does it...

View a video regarding the foreclosure and mortgage crisis and read further about other economic struggles facing the United States in 2008. October 27, 2008.

This is the Bankrate's homepage; it provides links to information about mortgage loans, auto loans, CD rates, savings/checking, personal loans, and credit cards. It also provides daily national rates.

Create a printable table for the annuity (mortgage) payment (PMT) of a borrowed amount of $1.

You may have seen the term APR, or annual percentage rate, used in reference to everything from mortgages and auto loans to credit cards. In this piece, we look at credit card APRs which you've probably seen listed on your monthly...